The AMERICA online qualifiers are open for all ambitious players in north America and South America to join the fray. Only the six best teams, 2 are invitational teams, will have the chance to take part in the Qualifier Finals in Southern California, with the lion’s share of $20,000 USD prize pool and a qualifier spot in the ZOTAC CUP MASTERS CS:GO 2018 Grand Finals on the line.

AMERICA Online Qualifiers

April - June 2018

AMERICA Qualifier Finals

30

JUN 2018

- 01

JUL 2018

30 JUN 2018 - 01 JUL 2018

ESPORTS ARENA

[SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA]

SIGN UPS ARE CLOSED

EVENT SCHEDULE

Open Online Qualifiers

FORMAT: ALL ROUND BO1 (FINAL ROUND BO3)

REGION

DAY 1

DAY 2

LINK

NORTH AMERICA 1

APRIL 21

APRIL 22

CLOSED

NORTH AMERICA 2

MAY 5

MAY 6

CLOSED

NORTH AMERICA 3

MAY 19

MAY 20

CLOSED

NORTH AMERICA 4

MAY 25

MAY 26

CLOSED

SOUTH AMERICA

APRIL 28

APRIL 29

CLOSED

CLOSED Online Qualifiers

FORMAT: BO3

START

June 9 2018

END

June 10 2018

America REGIONAL FINALS

DATE

June 30 - July 1, 2018

VENUE

ESPORTS ARENA [SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA]

FORMAT

STARTS – BO3

SEMI FINALS – BO3

FINALS – BO3

PRIZE POOL

$20,000 USD

1ST PLACE - $10,000 USD

2ND PLACE - $5,000 USD

3RD PLACE - $2,500 USD

4TH PLACE - $2,500 USD

AMERICAS REGIONAL FINALS

TEAM INVITE

EUNITED

GHOST GAMING

AMERICAS QUALIFIERS

COMPLEXITY GAMING

FURIA ESPORTS

SHARKS ESPORTS

SWOLE PATROL

LIVE AT THE AMERICA ZOTAC CUP MASTERS CS:GO

REGIONAL FINALS @ ESPORTS ARENA

On June 30th - July 1st, the best of the best Counterstrike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) eSports teams within the North American and Latin American regions will go head-to-head and battle it out to see who will be good enough to move onto the ZOTAC CUP MASTERS Grand Finals.

Held at the 15,000 square foot Esports Arena in sunny Santa Ana, California - the ZOTAC CUP MASTERS CS:GO 2018 Americas Final is set to be a high-energy event full of fierce competition and special activities, exclusive only to those who attend. Additionally, all proceeds from this event will go to charity. Come out, make some friends, win some prizes, give to a great cause, and experience this year’s ZOTAC CUP MASTERS!

All talents involved in the event are volunteers that have rallied their communities to help raise money for Gamers Outreach.

Players are split into two teams. To compete against each other, fans can support their favorite charity team by making online donation. The team that raises the most money will be entitled to an advantage during the charity show match.

Gamers Outreach is focused on supporting kids and teens throughout the healing process as they undergo treatment in hospitals. They equip nurses and child life specialists with the means to make activities and technology accessible. Their goal is to create sustainable experiences that produce joy and minimize trauma for patients. they have done this through providing GO Kart mobile gaming stations.

Paul "Redeye" Chaloner is one of the world's first professional eSports and video game broadcast commentators. He has travelled the world in more than a decade of experience covering almost every major eSports tournament including CGS shows, World Cyber Games, MLG Colombus and ESL One Cologne. He has also commentated on tournaments on both Live video streams and internet Radio since 2002.

Formerly with ESL America, John "BLU" Mullen is an American eSports caster for CS:GO and other games. He has involved in competitive gaming since 2016, starting off with his first appearance at a major in ESL One Cologne, and later has host several tournaments of ESL ESEA Pro League and IEM.

Dustin "dusT" Mouret has served as an analyst, commentator, writer and interviewer for CS:GO since the beta. He began primarily as a play-by-play commentator in the early days of the game, but in the middle of 2015 he switched to doing analysis and color commentary. Most recently he has served as an analyst and commentator for events for ELEAGUE, DreamHack, ECS, Gfinity, MLG, Northern Arena, CEVO, etc.

Jordan "n0thing" Gilbert is a professional Counter-Strike Player. He currently competes for team cloud9 in CS:GO, but he gained most of his notoriety by competing for Team Evil Geniuses from 2008-2012 and compLexity from 2013-2014. He has traveled around the world to more than a dozen countries while representing EG as well as Team USA. He was nominated as the e-Sports Player of the Year for North America since 2008.

Tomi "lurppis" Kovanen is a Finnish former professional Counter-Strike 1.6 player. He was previously the in-game leader of teams such as Serious Gaming, ROCCAT, Evil Geniuses and WinFakt. During his playing career he earned some of the largest prize money of any player in his era. After retiring in 2012, he has worked for HLTV and as an occasional caster and analyst before Immortals signing him as their General Manager in 2018.

Watch live on the ZOTAC CUP Twitch channel and on the ZOTAC CUP MASTERS CS:GO 2018 microsite. Available in multiple languages including English, German, French, Polish, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.

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